GRE Word List
JUXTAPOSE
to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect)
The meaning of the word juxtapose is to place (different things) side by side (as to compare them or contrast them or to create an interesting effect).
Random words
| Word | Meaning |
|---|---|
| frenetic | marked by fast and energetic, disordered, or anxiety-driven activity : frenzied |
| placate | to soothe or mollify especially by concessions : appease |
| hibernal | of, relating to, or occurring in winter |
| topography | the art or practice of graphic delineation in detail usually on maps or charts of natural and man-made features of a place or region especially in a way to show their relative positions and elevations |
| demented | mad |
| incarcerate | to put in prison |
| brisk | keenly alert : lively |
| disembark | to remove to shore from a ship |
| protagonist | the principal character in a literary work (such as a drama or story) |
| loquacious | full of excessive talk : wordy |